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Virus curbs threaten last true HK junk
HONG KONG: In this picture taken on Nov 27, 2020, a traditional wooden tourist junk boat "Dukling" sails in the waters of Victoria Harbor. - AFP HONG KONG: The red sails of the "Dukling" junk boat have glided across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor for more than six decades. But the wooden ship has been docked after new measures to stem a fourth wave of the coronavirus were introduced earlier this month, threatening the city's last remaining antique...
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Lab-grown meat makes historic Singapore debut
SINGAPORE: This undated photo shows a nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat at a restaurant yesterday. - AFP SINGAPORE: Lab-grown chicken meat made a historic debut at a Singapore restaurant yesterday in a culinary first that its creators said could help reduce the environmental damage involved in human food production. US start-up Eat Just said earlier this month that its product had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient...
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Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: This photo taken yesterday shows an airplane flying over Kuwait. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
In this picture taken on December 16, 2020, pedestrians walk past a poster promoting the anime movie Demon Slayer -- Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train -- at a cinema in Tokyo. - An anime epic in which a teenager hunts down and beheads demons has become the surprise sensation of Japanese cinema during the pandemic, and could soon be the country's top-grossing film of all time. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-entertainment-film-anime-health-virus, FOCUS by Mathias CENA, Katie Forster
Anime 'Demon Slayer' set to dethrone Ghibli classic for Japan box office crown
Pedestrians walk past a poster promoting the anime movie Demon Slayer -- Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train -- at a cinema in Tokyo.-AFP An anime epic in which a teenager hunts down and beheads demons has become the surprise sensation of Japanese cinema during the pandemic, and could soon be the country's top-grossing film of all time. "Demon Slayer", a full-length flick based on the hit manga series is threatening to dethrone Studio...
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Second, final round of the Jet Ski race
KUWAIT: The second and final round of the Jet Ski race (Endurance 2020) that was organized by the Jet Ski committee of Kuwait Sea Sports Club concluded as the organizers honored the winners. Club's Relations and Information Director Salman Al-Khulaifan said the second round witnessed a highly heated competition among participants.Al-Khulaifan said the round that lasted one day was composed of two runs of 35 minutes each with 26 participants....
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Kuwait Football League roundup
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Football League (the ranking phase) kicked off Thursday with three matches, between Qadisiya vs Shabab, Yarmouk vs Khaitan and Kazma vs Sulaibkhat. Qadisiya succeeded to continue in their winning ways and defeated Shabab 2-0 as Lucas Gaucho scored in the 43rd minute while Fahad Al-Ansari scored in the 85th. Qadisiya raised their point total to 28 while Shabab remained at 18. The match saw exchanges between the...
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Women Open Table Tennis tournament
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The women Open Table Tennis tournament was won by Arabi Club's player Minwah Al-Shimmari after defeating Fatat Club player Shahad Al-Enezi 3-0. Meanwhile, Hawraa Asad from Fatat Club won third place after defeating Kifaya Al-Uwairdhi 3-2. The Final matches were held at Salwa Al-Sabah Club hall and was attended by Deputy Chairman of Table Tennis Federation Khalid Al-Khudhari, technical director Sabri Jamaan,...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 12, 2020 Dortmund's German forward Youssoufa Moukoko warms up on the ball prior the German first division Bundesliga football match BVB Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart at the Signal Iduna Park Stadium in Dortmund, western Germany. - Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga title aspirations suffered a fresh dent on December 18, 2020 as they crashed to a 2-1 defeat at Union Berlin on the night their striker Youssoufa Moukoko became the league's youngest ever goalscorer. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / various sources / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO
Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga title aspirations suffer fresh dent
Dortmund's German forward Youssoufa Moukoko BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga title aspirations suffered a fresh dent on Friday as they crashed to a 2-1 defeat at Union Berlin on the night their striker Youssoufa Moukoko became the league's youngest ever goalscorer. After Liverpool loanee Taiwo Awoniyi headed Union into the lead early in the second half, Moukoko leapt into the air to...
Australia's Matthew Wade (C) plays a shot on the third day of the first cricket Test match between Australia and India in Adelaide on December 19, 2020. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO COMMERCIAL USE--
India slump to lowest ever score as Australia clinch opening Test
ADELAIDE: Australia's Matthew Wade (center) plays a shot on the third day of the first cricket Test match between Australia and India in Adelaide yesterday. - AFP ADELAIDE: A devastated India crashed to their lowest ever score of 36 yesterday as Australia ran riot to win the opening Test in Adelaide by eight wickets after Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins produced a bowling masterclass. India started the third day of the pink-ball Test on nine for...
Armenians attend a ceremony to commemorate those who died in wars over Karabakh at the Yerablur Military Memorial Cemetery in Yerevan on December 18, 2020. (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP)
Armenia mourns Karabakh victims
YEREVAN: Armenians attend a ceremony to commemorate those who died in wars over Karabakh at the Yerablur Military Memorial Cemetery on Friday. – AFP YEREVAN: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan yesterday led thousands in a march in memory of those killed in a six-week war with Azerbaijan as the Caucasus country began three days of mourning. Pashinyan has been under huge pressure from the opposition to step down after nearly 3,000...
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Pompeo blames Russia for massive US cyberattack
WASHINGTON: Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a devastating cyberattack on several US government agencies that also hit targets worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. WASHINGTON: Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a devastating cyberattack on several US government agencies that also hit targets worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Microsoft said late Thursday that it had notified more than 40 customers hit by the malware,...
People push a half-submerged tricycle through a flooded street due to heavy rains caused by tropical depression Vicky in San Francisco town, Agusan del sur province on the southern island of Mindanao on December 18, 2020. (Photo by erwin mascarinas / AFP)
Two die, hundreds flee floods as storm batters Philippines
People push a half-submerged tricycle through a flooded street due to heavy rains caused by tropical depression Vicky in San Francisco town, Agusan del sur province on the southern island of Mindanao on Friday.-AFP MANILA: At least two people were killed and hundreds forced to flee their inundated homes in the Philippines as torrential rain triggered flooding and landslides in the storm-battered archipelago, officials said yesterday. Huge waves...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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Shereeda Al-Maousherji
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
Somalia beach attack kills 32